davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-04-28
WEDNESDAY, the Alb day of MAY, 1887,

commencing nj 10 o'clock u m. at tho iron,
dOorof the Court House OF Ohio County, sell al
public auction the following described real
estate, that Is Ia say A certain piece or parcel
of land situated on Biz Wheeling creek, abou
Two and OnG-half miles east OF the city OF Wheel
ing, In said County and State, and bounded N
follows: Beginning at point In the 81 ntre Of
the lane lending from the turppikc 10 the mill
on the premises opposite the western gate posi-
OH the south side OF said lane, and running
thence south 40 cast l1lu0 chains 10 a stake
on the bank OF drain: thence south ~ easi
( iIl00 chains to n locust on the bank Of the
creek; thence down the creek, with the me
anderS thereof, and binding thereon until II
interseCts n line running from the place of be-
ginning south t1' west =, containing 81 acre,
Of land more or less. AlsD, the ground situated
on the south side OF said creek and used for the
alsltment of the mill-dam, heretofore erected IN
connection with the mill. situated on said 81.
acres Of land aud known ns BcdiliOn's Mill. 10
gelhcr with all the appuuenances theTennio
belonging or in anywlse appertaining Also
lane running from the said turnpike road to the
mill house, beingl feet wide and lying on the
north boundary line Of said ~ acres0i land and
outside Of the zane. Excepting these from how
ever, all the real estate and privileges conveyed
Ia Conrad Seibc1 10y Abigail Bcdilion and Joseph
Bedili0n, her husband by deed dated November
18th, 1872, and deScriDed M follows: Beginning
AT a locust on the bank Of the creek being the
corner called for NJ the end Of the second line
Of said lot; thence with said line north 33IsC
west IL 10 100 poles 10 An the middle Of the
drain: thence down said drain south 65lxo west
81 400 poles 10 a stake on the bank Of Wheeling
creek: thence up said creek with the meanders
thereof 10 the beginning containing Is square
poles more or less with the appurtenances and
all the building thereon. Afro the exclusive
right 10 all the lee frozen on the mill dam with
the privilege Of cutting and hauling II away
Also the use and privilege Of the private ROAD
extending from the Ice house on the property 30
conveyed down the rare % the mill. Also the use
Of the lane extending fnom said mill 10 the Cum.
berlRnd road.
TERMS OF sALR-si 200 and as much more a.
the purchaser may elect TO pay In cash
and the residue In two equal annual
payments with interest from the day Of
sale, the purchaser 10 give his notes secured by
a deed OF trust on the property for the deferred
payments.
apieodeg f. JONFa Trustee
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-04-28

THE census report of 1880 places the
total Ofthe national wealth at $i3, 6l3, 600. q
OOO OF this amount SO, 1877, eco, 600 are
credited to the farms; 81, Ssl, ! 900, 900 10
residences and business real estate; S., $50,
r 900, 600 to railroads and their equipments;
$1,000, 600. 600 to household furniture,
books, pictures and the like; $4,000, 600, 2
600 to live stock; $1,000 600, 900 to agri-
cultural products remaining over, and s., r.
600 OOO, 900 to churches, school hOnSes,
public buildings, and Institutions OF one
kind an another. There was also cOnsid-
erable miscellaneous list. II this were
divided equally among the 5O,OOO,0OO of
people in the country when the census was
taken, the share of each would be about
$3.50. No communist is expected to take
more than this SUN when the general
divide is made.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-04-28

WHY does not the committee investigat-
ing the charges against Senator MINEAR
summoa Col JAKE COBB KEHPLE? Here
is where Senator DAWSON seems to have
gotten his information.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-04-28
DIED.

REED-On Tuesday, April 20, 1857. at = ?. m,
THOMAS A. REF u, aged i5 years and months.
Funeral will take place Thursday at $50 p. H.,
from his late residence, 2C2o Chapline street
Intcrment at Peninsula cemetery. Friends Of
the family are respectfully invited to attend.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-04-28

--,,..,ls finished and sent to the
NJ vr;. iites about six faonths ago, Only
one Of the aIlegorieal figures has been nm
ished and none Of them have reached
Charleston.
The design OF the statue is bold, and the
execution Of the work is conceded to be
very iue. Mr.. Calhoun is represented IN
the attitude Of addressing the United
States Senate, and his uplifted arm and
extended fingers are supposed to be empha-
sizing a gesture. The statue Is fourteen
feet hiph.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-04-28

THE railway question is proving big
undertaking for the Legislature, Judging
by the speeches that are fired at the Com
mittee.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-04-28

THE Florida Legislature is still ballot
ing for United States Senator. but doesn't
seem to make any more Roadway than the
West Virginia Legislature did.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-04-28

7 INTRODUCE NATURAL GAS

While the work of putting in the pipes can be
easily and cheaply done.
The Natural Gas Company of West Virginia is
prepared to furnish gas in any part Of the city,
No bills will he presented for gas consumed be-
ween the first of May and the first Of October
For full information apply at the Comrany's
Contracting and Collecting ORice, Room No. 4,
Odd Fellows Hall Building, ChaplnC street,
formerly occupied by Caldwell S Caldwell.
ap27 +. HAZLETT, Agent.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-04-28
~. ~. HNWTUIN,
Washington, %. q.
Address Registered Letters 10
NEW ORLEANS NATION HANk

N-x sS,ieaas. "a.
REVIEW Err that the presence al Generals
BcaiiTeyard and Early. who arr Ia charge ~ the
drawings Is gllRrautcc ol absolute fairness and
Integrity, that the chances are all equal, and
that no ono can possibly divine what nupbcr
Will draw q prize.
RENEM HER that the payment Of all Prizs
II GGAkA NTEED nv POVR NATION.
Al BANKS Of New Orleans. and the Tickets
are signed by the President of an Institution.
whose chartered rights rropgniI11 IN the
highest Court; therefore, beware ~ any inliia
lions or Anonymous schemes nplsWStgi
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-04-28
Capital Prize, s1BO,OOO.
~ Sstis..--rieke,s are Tea Dollars ssly. HALVES,

li79 Prizes amounting 10 ........ ....... st 900
Application Tor raias IN clubs should l.. risIie
only IN the Office Of the Company VA Sew Or.
leans.
For further information write Clearly, irving
full address POSTAL NOrEk. E,Ifos
Money ordarsor New Y0rk Exchange In ordiHsIy
letter, Currency by express tai or cypcnssl an
iressd NJ. A. DtUpuIs.
New Orleans. Ia.
Or; ~. A. BAUrHiN,
Washington, o.. q.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-04-28
sfor Sale,
EARM FOR SALE.

The subscriber Will sell or trade for smaller
property near the City Of Wheeling Farm Of IL
Acres on Big Wheeling Creek, fourteen milet
from the city. Land very level Large Orchard
OF Good Fruit; Water In Every Field; two Cot
lages and Cold Wen Water, soft as rain; Good
Fences; plenty of Limestone and Coal cToppinl
ont on the land. A purchaser can get rare liar
gain J. ID. EWING,
IyISe4gh Office llG0 Main 81. Wheeling.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-04-28
UNPRECEDENTED ATTRACTION
U QTfa lllf ! MILLION DISTRIBUTED |
LauiSiana State Lottery CNmnanl.

Incorporated in 1868 for % Yeas by the lagisis-
lure for Educational and Charitable pnrpoce-
with a capital OF u. 90 0OO--,o~whicb reserve
hind OF over SD, 0OO has since been added
BY an overwhelming popular vote Its franchise
was made part Of the present state Gonstiiu.
ton adopted December n. A. ID. is79.
Tbs only Lottery ever voted ON and endorsed
by the people Of any State.
IL never scales or pcstponeS
Its GrAad single Number Drawings
take place monthly, ant tho Semi-annual
Drawings regularly every six months iJunc and
Decembcr).
A splendid opportunity 10 win fortune Filh
Grand Drawing. Class D., In the Academy of
Music. New Orleans raesday, May 10,
IASz-2Ollh Monthly drawing.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-04-28
TRUSTEES SALE.

ID by Thomas =. BeiIlion and Hannah Be
dillon, his wife, Ia the undersigned trustee, dated
on the 9Th day of December, 1881 and recorded
in the Office Of the Clerk OF the County Court oi
Ohio County, West Virginia, In Deed Of Tru,t
Book No. - Page Gl5, Ia secure 10 Thomas
O'BTien, trustee, n certain sum Of money therein
mentioned. | will on
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-04-28
COMMISSIONERS SALE.

IN THE MUNICIPAL COURT OFwHEELING.
VIM. C. Handlan, Sheriff and Admir-,
VS.
Charles A. SeveTinG ct al.
In ChRnCery.
In pursuance OF the authority vested in me by
decree entered in the above entitled cause on
the I'D day or March, 4. u. 1857, will sell at the
front door Of the Court House Of Ohio county,
West Virginia, on
Tuesday, the l7lh day of May, 1887,
beginning al 10 O'Clock a. m, the following de-
scTibed real estate viz The north half Of Lot
No. six in Caldwell's addition IN the city OF
Wheeling. fronting Oh the east side Of Main
street, between Twenty-SiXth and Twenty sew
enth streets. The house Is n two-story brick,
containing six rooms
TERMS OF SALE-One-third or as much more as
the purchaser elects Ia pay In cash on the day OF
sale, the balance in two equal inStallments in
nine aud eighteen months, with interest, the
purchaser Ia give notes with security for the de-
ierfed payments, and title 30 be retained until
purchase money Is paid.
T. J. HUGUS,
Special Commissioner.
W. ii. HALLER, AuctiOnccr
| hereby certify this llth day of April. 1857,
that said special Commissioner above named has
given bond with security IA required by law and
the decree entered In the abnve cause
THOMAS NJ DARRAH,
apl2 Clerk of the Municipal Court
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-04-28
NOTICE TO ARCHITECTS.

r2Aah
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-03-13
RiynI SCHOOLS of burglary.

Paris dispatch TO the London Daily Telegraph
Some recent burglaries which weR
committed in the suburbs and the per-
petIators of which were arrested have
led to the discovery of two bands OF
midnight msrauders, whose exploits are
worthy of record by aSue. Two lead
ing representatives of Partisan rascal
dom, respectively named Poussin and
Poutonne, had founded two rival schools
of burglary. The Poussinistes broke
into an isolated villa, the ordinary occu-
rant Of which ian officer was absent.
Being unable to carry away all their
plumber during the night, they return
cd to the charge toward morning, only
to find their rivals, the Boutonnists, in
stalled in their places. Thereupon
row ensued among the robbers, The
disused arms which were hung up as
monuments in the officers museum were
taken down from their pegs, and the
combatants attacked each other ener-
getically with sabres, the butts of mus
kets, and old-fashioned arms, such rs
halberts and battle-axes. The sight of
flowing blood, however, soon damped
the ardor of the antagonistic thieves,
and they also feared that the noise of
the struggle would be heard by the pO-
lice. A treaty of peace was accordingly
entered into, and the whole gang &C.
mented their union by grand banquet
in the villa, at the expense, of course,
of its absent owner, whose larder and
wine-cellar were requisitioned to some
purpose. Boutonne, one Of the chiefs,
drank six bottles of champagne and
one of cognac, after which, being no
doubt unable TO oblige the company
with song or recitation, he amused
his companions by turning somersaults
over the chairs and tables and doing
the Gallo equivalent for double shut
file on the top of an Erard piano.
After this the amslgamated band
worked with the utmost boldness
and energy in different suburbs
of Paris. They did successful strokes
of business in lonely houses, invariably
ransacked the meat and wine depart
ments, and left grateful notes of acknow-
Judgment on the dining-room tables for
the disconsolste proprietors. In one
instance Poussin and Boutonne con-
graduated a despoiled HORSEPOWER on
the excellence of his poultry, and
promised to return in order to render
the customary viSite dc digestion. The
whole of this audacious band, number
ing about twenty-five men, has been
arrested. Poussin is an old zouaye and
Boutonne is q good-for-nothing dare
devil of highly-respectable origin, who
was educated in the School of Arts and
Manufactures.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-03-13
a TRAIN WRECKED AND FIRED
Tardy Information Concerning nm
Outrage on the Atlantic and
pacific.

A San Francisco special says: Some
remarkable facts have come 10 light
with respect to the recent wreck on the
Atlantic and Pacific railroad, near the
Needles, in San Berands county, by
which Engineer Peace wasburned alive
and several lives we're lost. The iocali-
ty OF the accident is on Mojare Desert,
very lonely and desolate region,
where there are no inhabitants. 1t was
given ont at first that the accident was
caused by the burning of bridge from
locomotive sparks; afterwards 1t was
limited that the bridge might have been
seton fire by tramps for revenge now,
however, rsilroad-men who are well
informed declare that there was a
deliberate plan to wreck the train and
rob the exprcss-car. which was known
TO have a large amount of treasure on
loaTd.
There were several boxes OF gold coin
on the express car, which were broken
open and the contents scattered over
the sand. Over $1,000 was not reee-
vered. but this is small item, as it is
said that 1926, 600 worth of diamonds,
in charge of the express messenger, is
missing. 1t was noticed that there
were nine persons about the wreck, who
were taken away on the train. After
wards tracks of horses were found
about the burned bridge, and there
were other proofs that there had been
a number Of mysterious horsemen in
the vicinity. The matter has been kept
very quiet, but detectives are at work,
and some startling developments are
expected.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-03-13
Robert Southey.
National Reyiew.l

Poetry made Southey happy, and he
thought that it would make him immor-
tai. The happiness was enjoyed to the
full, but the ten volumes OF his verse
have not as yet received the recognition
which their author anticipated. We are
interested in learning that William lay
lor, of Norwich, called "Msdoc " the
hest English poem that had left the
press since "Paradise Lost" that
Walter Scott read it through four times
that it kept Foxup until after midnight;
that Landor said of Roderick,"
There is no poem in existence that /
shall read SO often" and that even By
ron pronounced it 1.-the first poem OF
the time" And in our day we hear with
curiosity how Dean Stanley upheld
against all corners the poetical merits Of
"Ihalaba and Kehama." People read
these criticisms and opinions, but they
DO not read the poems; and, as poet,
Southey is chiefly known to the
present generation by his fsntas-
tic ballads and by a few personal
lyrics which, like The Holly
Tree" and the stanzas written in his
library, touch all hearts. That Southey
fails in our own day to win the public
ear may not be wholly due to def
cheney of poetical inspiration. 1t was
not altogether owing to that cause, if
we may Judge from much of the verse
then popular, that he failed during his
lifetime to gain fame and wealth from
his poetry. His sober method in such
poems as "Madoc and Roderick
was not suited to the taste of an age
that craved for rambling storiesin verse
and gushed over "Lalla Rookh and
the Loves OF the Angels" In
the first quarter of this century, pc
Rod which, if we except the Shak-
spearean era, is unsurpassed in our
literature for wealth of poetical crea-
tion-neither Coleridge nor Words
worth, Shelley nor Keats gained the
popularity that puts money in the purse.
Scott, whose success no one grudges-
for he was great all round, and as good
as he was great-knew perfectly well
that the LADY of the Lake" his
most successful, though by no
means his finest poem, was i'm
measurably inferior to the no.
blest productions of Wordsworth
or of ColeIidge. True poet though he
was in his own vein, he could not, in
verse at least, rise to their level. Yet
Scott, and even Moore, reaped golden
harvest while Wordsworth was complain
ing that poety did not yield him enough
to pay for his shoe-leather, and Southey
that it was 1.-the worst article in the
market" How popular Byron became
is q story too familiar to be repeated
but the student OF English poety has
long ago discovered that Byron's fame
during his lifetime was not chiefly due
to the intrinsically poetical qualities of
his verse.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-03-13
The Russian Police.

The following case was tried before
the ST. Petersburg tribunal April %,
1886: Herpssimoff, the OOriadnik of a
village called BOrki, in the PeterhOff
district, was convicted of having put to
the torture several peasants in order to
extort confessions about a robbery com
mitted by unknown persons. The pea
SAINT Marakine and tile two brothers
Antonoff were all three kept hanging
for several hours on o sort of inn
provised strappado. Theywerc stripped
Of their clothes and their hands tied
behind their backs by rope, which
was then passed over a rail fixed high
in the wall of an ice-cellar The bodies
Of the unfortunate men were then
raised over the ground so that they
could hardly touch the icy ground with
the tips of their toes. The OOriddnik
appeared now and then, asking for
their confessions and giving them
blows on the head as they refused TO
comply with his wishes. One of the
three victims-the peasant Mara
kine-on the way to the tor
ture chamber was subjected to no
less infamous treatment. The testi-
mony of the elder of the village is
particularly noteworthy. Herassimoff
(the OOriadnik) came to me and asked
whether could lend him thirty men.
why do you require so many
asked. In order, said he, pointingt to
Marakine, that may make this fellow
run the gauntlet The witness an
swered that he would never permit
such things to be done with the peasants
of bis commune, whereupon Marakine
had his bands and legs tied, and was
fastened by the legs TO the back of the car,
while his body was allowed to drag upon
the ground. The horse was made to
run, and Marakine was dragged in the
mud for about ten yards. Then Heras-
simoff said to the elder Bring me
some straw burn him little" But
witness refused to bring it TO him. He
rassimoff was found guilty, and con-
demned to one years penal servi-
tude, so lenient is the Russian
law toward crimes against hui
mainly, reserving its severity for
those who are working for hu-
mainly. Such barbarities, which would |
have set ON fire European diplomacy
had they been committed by Turkish
officer, are, of course, exceptional,
though il would be wrong TO suppose
them unique. From the opposite end
of the empire We hear of things which |
are not better, bat, il anything, worse.
1t was proved by Judicial inquiry be-
fore the Kisheneff tribunal that in the
Orgheef district the OOriddRiks and the
authorities had used for q
long time ariousinstrimentso of torture,
one OF which, called bOotook, figured
on the table of material evidences
in the court. 1t is a wooden instru-
ment, composed Of two sliding beams,
which serve for screwing between them
the feet of the culprit. These abomi-
nations were not unknown to the po-
lice, but the thing was brought before
the tribunal only because the authori-
ties arrested the wrong man, ON whom
they used the bOotook with such zeal
as to make him cripple.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-03-13

mainly depends. The Iong-suffering.
ever-ready-to-be-taken-in public has Q
great respect for title and rank and
real nobleman as chairman goes q
long way with them. In fact,
the greater number of those who
apply for shares in new com
Ianies do so ON the faith OF the
names OF the chairman and directors.
J hey do not inquire whether these gen
tlemen have any experience in business
matters, or whether they know anything
Of the special work for which the COM
paDy is got together. ANY one with .
title or a handle 10 his name will inspire
more confidence in the class of people
who become shareholders than would
the meme of the director of the
Rsnk Of England The Board
having been got together and
their names in the prospectus, the next
step is TO publish the document in oil
or most Of the leading London news
papers. This is an expensive piece OF
work, and especially hard for the pro
moter, who rarely has shilling of his
own. But what viii not the hope OF
profit accomplish? Anadvertising agent
is found who will take the matter in
hand, and will pay the expenses OF ad-
yertising, large as they are, on condi-
ton Of receiving 80 or GO per cent
bonus out of the first money the pro-
moter can command.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-03-13
queer Deeds OF Trust.
Tyickaburg Herald

Tuesday Deputy Clerk Henry Hardy
was requested TO put on record q deed
of trust in which small farmer pledged
his best suit OF clothes to the merchant
who was to provide him with some
needed provisions. The farmer regret
fully stated that be had been compelled
by the city merchant to furnish seeu-
rity. He had an old suit and thought
he could stay away from church until
next fall, when he would get in his crop
and pay his debts. He was permitted
to keep the clothes, but was not to wear
them out, and was made to understand
that they were liable to execution in
case he failed to meet his agree
ment. Another deed Of trust recorded
was for three chickens They were all
the impecunious farmer had, and as
security Of some kind was demanded
the chickens were put on paper. Nu-
meIous instances are on record where
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-03-13
The Relied Buzzard, Again.
IWytheyiile DifDatch.l

In last weeks Dispatch was a clip
ping which stated that the belled buzz
card, of which so much has been writ
ten and said, which has been seen SO
often in the several sections of the
South during the past eighteen or
twenty years, had been shot and killed
at Iunis. Texas. Let the killing be as
it may, but if it be true why, then,
there is more than one belled buzzard
in the sunny lands OF the South,
for one was seen one mile
west of Wytheville last Wednes-
Cay by Mr.. ". j. Davis. Mr..
Davis came into the Dispatch Office
last Friday morning to examine flue !;
Mr.. Davis is brickmason. While here
he told us that be had Just read the
belled-buzzard article mentioned above,
and he related to us that he had seen
a belled buzzard on two different occa-
sions-Once, four years ago, in Taze-
well county, while he was building
brick house for Mr.. Meak Hoge, and
again last Wednesday, near his
home, one mile west Of town.
Mr.. Davis said that he was engaged,
with two hands, building a mud
mill, when their attention was attracted
by the ringing of small bell. They
all locked about for some moments
before they could detect where the
sound came from, but finally the buzz
Yard flew near them and they saw the
bell, which was around its neck. Mr..
Davis is of the belief, Judging from the
tone of the bell, which, he says, he
at once recognized, that it was the
same buzzard he saw in Tazewen
county four years ago. 1t is
conclusive that there is more than one
belled buzzard, or that the story that
the enc has been killed is not true. But
which is il? Since writing the above
We have been told that belled buzz
gard was seen by Constable Cassell last
Sunday on one OF the creek bottoms,
near Mr.. Chris. Holston's, few miles
east Of Wytheville. Mr.. Cassell says
he was within few feet Of it; that the
bell was an ordinary sheep-bell, and
was attached TO the birds neck by a
small leather strap.